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OKC Thunder Wire on MSNPlayer grades: Thunder's comeback falls short in 86-82 Summer League loss to JazzOn one of the deepest Summer League teams, Kyle Filipowski was the best player on the floor. He had a 12-point double-double at the break. He was a rebound machine and cleaned up several Jazz misses. The Thunder's lack of size was exposed.
The OKC Thunder ended its Salt Lake City Summer League run with an 86-82 loss to the Utah Jazz on Tuesday. Here are takeaways.
The Jazz even had to mount a comeback, as they trailed Memphis by as many as 17 points. The 112 points Utah scored are the most it has ever recorded in a Summer League Game! Still, all of these storylines pale in comparison to what Brice Sensabaugh did.
With summer in full swing, attention turns to the NBA 2K26 Summer League, which began in Salt Lake City and San Francisco (California Classic) on Saturday before heading to Las Vegas on Thursday, July 10.
The Utah Jazz will be without some key names on Tuesday night in their Salt Lake City Summer League finale against the Oklahoma City Thunder, including fifth-overall pick Ace Bailey. According to the Jazz's latest injury report ahead of their game vs. the Thunder, Bailey was among the many names listed as out due to right groin soreness.
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However, the saga won't come to a close without one more eyebrow raising bit of news, courtesy of ESPN's Tim MacMahon, who reported the Jazz planned on having Cooper's son, Omar Cooper Jr., serve as a guest coach on the Jazz's Summer League staff until the NBA stepped in and had Utah scrap those plans.